Truckers' Sunday August 2016

By Thorpe Parish Church

Bank holiday Sunday in August has become affectionately known as ‘Truckers’ Sunday’ for those, plus many others in Thorpe, who attend the Parish Church. Truck drivers give up their time every year to transport children with special needs to Pleasurewood Hills and Great Yarmouth for the day. The truckers’ route starts in or around the city and processes along Thorpe/Yarmouth road so the Parish Church is in an ideal location to view from.

This year our service started at 9.15am so that we could get outside in time to watch the trucks going past. We had a lovely Family Eucharist during which our young people, Rector and Churchwarden made footprints in paint as we thought about our Christian journeys, following in the footsteps of Jesus. At the end of our service we processed out to the roadside, singing ‘The Spirit lives to set us free’. As the last verse finished the first police outrider sped past as the noise of the Truckers got nearer and nearer.

Some parishioners had flags and all waved with much joy as the children sitting up high in the truckers’ cabs waved back. The smiles on their faces brought many tears of joy to the faces of us all as they went past. After the final blessing on the roadside we went back in to the church for delicious Cafe Church refreshments.